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COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students
In the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world, forcing the closure of universities, among other unusual measures in recent history. (1) Background: This work is based on the study HOUSE-ULisbon, a survey carried out during the second confinement (March–May 2021) in Portuga...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013454 |
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author | Branquinho, Cátia Guedes, Fábio Botelho Cerqueira, Ana Marques-Pinto, Alexandra Branco, Amélia Galvão, Cecília Sousa, Joana Goulão, Luís F. Bronze, Maria Rosário Viegas, Wanda de Matos, Margarida Gaspar |
author_facet | Branquinho, Cátia Guedes, Fábio Botelho Cerqueira, Ana Marques-Pinto, Alexandra Branco, Amélia Galvão, Cecília Sousa, Joana Goulão, Luís F. Bronze, Maria Rosário Viegas, Wanda de Matos, Margarida Gaspar |
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description | In the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world, forcing the closure of universities, among other unusual measures in recent history. (1) Background: This work is based on the study HOUSE-ULisbon, a survey carried out during the second confinement (March–May 2021) in Portugal with the collaboration of all the Faculties of the University of Lisbon (UL). The present work aims to explore gender differences in how first-year college students experienced and felt COVID-19 and the second confinement. (2) Methods: A questionnaire was carried out. In total, 976 university students (19.66 years (SD = 4.033); Min = 17 and Max = 65) from the first year of the UL were included, of which 69.5% (n = 678) were female, and 30.5% were male (n = 298). SPSS v. 26 was used for quantitative data and MAXQDA 2020 for qualitative data. (3) Results: Overall, students reported various symptoms of physical and mental discomfort (especially females). Statistically significant differences were found in the problems that could arise from the pandemic, such as the prevalence of higher anxiety and worries by females, and online gaming by males. In coping strategies, differences were found in leisure and family relationships, with greater difficulty on the female side. Social interaction was perceived as difficult or very difficult by both genders. As strategies for future pandemics, they highlighted a concerted effort between the government and media in the transmission of messages to the population, facilitating information, knowledge and adoption of protective behaviors. (4) Conclusions: These results are important data for activating or maintaining resources and services for first-year university students, who in some university institutions were supported during the pandemic by psychological, material (e.g., computers, internet), and financial support measures, which are now diminished or extinct. The impacts on their lives will certainly not be extinguished post-pandemic, and health, education, and public policy measures should be prioritized for this group. These results are important data for activating resources and services for students, informing health and education professionals, and supporting public policies. |
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spelling | pubmed-96033482022-10-27 COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students Branquinho, Cátia Guedes, Fábio Botelho Cerqueira, Ana Marques-Pinto, Alexandra Branco, Amélia Galvão, Cecília Sousa, Joana Goulão, Luís F. Bronze, Maria Rosário Viegas, Wanda de Matos, Margarida Gaspar Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world, forcing the closure of universities, among other unusual measures in recent history. (1) Background: This work is based on the study HOUSE-ULisbon, a survey carried out during the second confinement (March–May 2021) in Portugal with the collaboration of all the Faculties of the University of Lisbon (UL). The present work aims to explore gender differences in how first-year college students experienced and felt COVID-19 and the second confinement. (2) Methods: A questionnaire was carried out. In total, 976 university students (19.66 years (SD = 4.033); Min = 17 and Max = 65) from the first year of the UL were included, of which 69.5% (n = 678) were female, and 30.5% were male (n = 298). SPSS v. 26 was used for quantitative data and MAXQDA 2020 for qualitative data. (3) Results: Overall, students reported various symptoms of physical and mental discomfort (especially females). Statistically significant differences were found in the problems that could arise from the pandemic, such as the prevalence of higher anxiety and worries by females, and online gaming by males. In coping strategies, differences were found in leisure and family relationships, with greater difficulty on the female side. Social interaction was perceived as difficult or very difficult by both genders. As strategies for future pandemics, they highlighted a concerted effort between the government and media in the transmission of messages to the population, facilitating information, knowledge and adoption of protective behaviors. (4) Conclusions: These results are important data for activating or maintaining resources and services for first-year university students, who in some university institutions were supported during the pandemic by psychological, material (e.g., computers, internet), and financial support measures, which are now diminished or extinct. The impacts on their lives will certainly not be extinguished post-pandemic, and health, education, and public policy measures should be prioritized for this group. These results are important data for activating resources and services for students, informing health and education professionals, and supporting public policies. MDPI 2022-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9603348/ /pubmed/36294031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013454 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Branquinho, Cátia Guedes, Fábio Botelho Cerqueira, Ana Marques-Pinto, Alexandra Branco, Amélia Galvão, Cecília Sousa, Joana Goulão, Luís F. Bronze, Maria Rosário Viegas, Wanda de Matos, Margarida Gaspar COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students |
title | COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students |
title_full | COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students |
title_short | COVID-19 and Lockdown, as Lived and Felt by University Students |
title_sort | covid-19 and lockdown, as lived and felt by university students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294031 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013454 |
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